Mr. White is seventy years old. He has been staying at home since he retired. Last year his wife
41 .He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house
42. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could
43 and usually gave it nice
44. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and
45 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to
46 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning”
47 the bird. The bird had a look at him but said
48 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).
One evening his
49 called and told him that his granddaughter was
50 in hospital. He went to see her
51 . When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t
52 the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he
53 to say “Good morning” to the bird.
Suddenly(突然地) he
54 someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked
55 . There was nobody except himself in the room. It was the bird.
| 小题1: | | A．tired | B．went | C．left | D．worked |
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| 小题2: | | A．happily | B．alone | C．angrily | D．carefully |
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| 小题3: | | A．say | B．shout | C．tell | D．speak |
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| 小题4: | | A．house | B．clothes | C．food | D．words |
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| 小题5: | | A．asked | B．liked | C．hoped | D．decided |
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| 小题6: | | A．want | B．teach | C．have | D．with |
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| 小题8: | | A．anything | B．everything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题9: | | A．parrot | B．friend | C．wife | D．son |
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| 小题10: | | A．ill | B．serious | C．bad | D．worried |
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| 小题11: | | A．at first | B．at once | C．all year round | D．all the time |
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| 小题12: | | A．wake up | B．stay up | C．sleep late | D．fall asleep |
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| 小题13: | | A．forgot | B．remembered | C．planned | D．stopped |
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| 小题14: | | A．thought | B．knew | C．heard | D．found |
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